Kameron Hurley

Pumpkin Fest `08

Guess which one’s mine?

Shenanigans in full swing at Hacienda Hurley.

Stephanie, Queen pumpkin.

This is serious business, yo.

View the Whole Event Here!

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They Came For…

“They came for the Communists, and I

didn’t object – For I wasn’t

a Communist;

They came for the Socialists, and I

didn’t object – For I wasn’t a Socialist;

They came for the labor leaders, and I

didn’t object – For I wasn’t a labor leader;

They came for the Jews, and I didn’t

object – For I wasn’t a Jew;

Then they came for me -

And there was no one left to object.”

Martin Niemoller, German Protestant Pastor,

1892-1984

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Does it Bug Anyone Else…

… that all the women they’ve cast in GI Joe look exactly the same?

And where the hell is Lady Jane, srsly? Jinx? They kept Scarlett and Baronness, both of whom are used as “love interests” for either side (after all, somebody has to be “the girl!”), and “Cover Girl” a “Super model turned Joe”???? She was a limited release in the 80s because no one liked her. Note that she’s only allowed to run a tank cause she’s “hot,” and therefore “not REALLY scary.”

I fucking hate Hollywood.

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Why Hand-holding, Flower-loving Matriarchies Never Rang True to Me

Oh look, matriarchies can be violent (just like any other human social setup)!

I admit, I write a lot of violent matriarchies. Mainly because I believe that any social setup that represses another group within it is going to be violent. The most egalitarian fantasy group I have are a bunch of polyamorous, socialist, gender-fucking hippies called Drakes (in, fittingly, The Dragon’s War), and they’ve managed to keep their society that way mainly based on environmental isolation.

But, my matriarchies?

Violent as all get-out.

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Money

Boy does it suck.

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Workadooooo

I am so tired.

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Autumn

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Oh She of the Pink Hair

I called my hair salon today to make my new cut and color appointment.

They have, apparently, fired my old stylist, oh she of the “your pink hair will totally wash out in a couple of days” fame.

I suppose that at some point, all that Rockstar pink hair will catch up with you…

But, you know, despite the pink hair, I did ask for her again. I guess that when folks are paying $140 for a cut and color (including tip), they are less amused by folks who remind me of my sister and give them 2 weeks worth of pink hair.

Some workplaces are far less forgiving than mine.

In any case, new stylist this time around. Should be entertaining to see how it comes out. Hopefully entertaining in a not sucky way, since I have, in fact, been very pleased with all of my ridiculous cut and color appointments at this place, despite the pink.

After spending three weeks and $120 trying to fix a botched haircut at the local Great Clips, paying an assload to get it right the first time suddenly seemed like a great investment.

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One For the Road

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Training Daze

Now that the pool at the gym is back in order, I meant to get back to the gym tonight on the regular triathlon schedule (as opposed to last week’s jogging day, 2 weight training days, and 2 biking days), but I haven’t been feeling all that great. A combination of some very late (though awfully enjoyable) nights, wonky sugar, and work stress have really got me down. Healthwise, I haven’t been so hot, either, which is related to the wonky sugar, which is related to the work stress. I can’t wait until next Thursday when the work stress plummets.

The lousy thing about being me these days is that I’m a lot less flexible than I used to be. Schedules work great, but get me out of the schedule, and things fall down pretty quickly. Or, rather, I exhaust myself pretty quickly.

Sometimes I need to remember that, yeah… I’m just not as super-wow as I used to be, you know… stay up all night drinking vodka and cranberry juice in a cabin in the woods, then hop up the next day, drink more beer, and cram for a history final while navigating tricky group dynamics. Yeah, no more of that. Not that I miss any of that, really…

I just hate things I see as weakness, sometimes, especially when it’s coming from me.

Where are my superpowers??

I think tonight is home, reading, bed. No shenanigans.

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